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Physical Therapy Evaluation, High Complexity

Alabama rates for HCPCS 97163

A physical therapist assesses a person's movement, strength, and physical function to understand how an injury or condition is limiting them, then develops a plan of care. This version applies to more complicated cases, involving a more extensive health history and a higher number of factors affecting movement and function than a simpler evaluation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Physical Therapy Evaluation, High Complexity cost?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$83.18$66.07 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$52.48 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $52 to $76Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $38 to $98
$50$100facility $52professional $83

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GP · Physical therapy plan
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 30th of 51

$83.18

AK $200FL $60.26

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.